Fall Color Project 2011

Monday, September 5, 2011

The Fall Color Project 2011

The leaves are changing, the weather is cooling down, and the garden is beginning to wrap up for the summer which means that it's time for the 2011 Fall Color Project to begin! This will be the fourth year for the Fall Color Project and every year I'm amazed at the beautiful fall scenes bloggers share.

Fall has always been one of my favorite seasons of the year. For most of us it is the beginning of the end of the growing
season, but it's also a time of renewal as those leaves nourish our beloved trees and plants in future growing seasons. As the days grow shorter and the leaves change color their beauty should
be highlighted and celebrated. Which is why I began the Fall Color
Project way back in 2008. Each year participating bloggers take their cameras and try to capture what fall looks
like in their area. Here with the Fall Color Project I collect those
posts all together so that we can see fall all over our country and
other countries where we may not be able to travel. Through photographs
and pictures we can follow the changing of the leaves from the north and
down into the deep south.

It's very easy to participate in the Fall Color Project. First you
need a blog, any blog. You don't have to just a garden blogger to
participate! Next you need a camera to go out and get the best pictures
of fall in your area that you can find. Of course if you are on vacation
and take some pictures while enjoying your trip that is perfect.
Then post about your fall colors and mention the Fall Color Project 2011
with a link to this post or to http://www.FallColor.GrowingTheHomeGarden.com so that visitors
can see the fall color in other areas. Be sure to include where your photos
were taken (City, State, Province, etc. I try to organize the wrap up post by areas). Then come back to this post
and comment with a link to your post so that I can find it. That's all
there is to it!

Everyday I'll update the Fall Color Project Blog with a short 5-10 sentence snippet from the most current blogposts, a thumbnail image linked to your blog, a link back to your blog, and maybe a little commentary from me about how awesome your post is! (If you don't want me to use a thumbnail photo please be sure to tell me
otherwise I'll include the picture and link.)

I'm looking forward to seeing the fall color your blog post will be bringing to the Fall Color Project!
Each and every year the colors and photos have been amazing! Feel free to explore
the pictures that were taken for the Fall Color Project 2010, 2009 or 2008.

Hi Dave: I just found out about your meme. This is a great one! My most recent posts are about fall foliage in southwestern Wisconsin--one during a driving adventure and one in my own garden. I will mention your meme in my next post, which should go up Monday evening. Thanks for the opportunity!

Hi Dave -- my Fall color post is live. Please see: http://webpierat.com/2011/10/19/my-un-digital-life-gardening Crystal Lake, IL -- the color is in full swing here but high winds are cutting some of them short.

Hi Dave - Found your Fall Color Project while chasing links in blogs I follow. I've put together a fall color post, but there isn't a lot around at the moment. I'm in New Hampshire. http://hog-hill.blogspot.com/2011/10/what-happened-to-colors.html

Hi Dave!I just posted.This will be my first time participating in The Fall Color Project!I'm in Suwanee, GA. and the leaves are starting to look great!Thanks for this wonderful opportunity!Link: http://www.thegracefulgardener.com/~Brenda

Dave, I always look forward to this project every year--thanks for hosting it once again! I'm a little late getting my post up, because our peak color in central Illinois was probably in mid-October. But I like to wait until the very end of the "show" to capture it all, and now that most of the trees are bare, it's fun to look back at how beautiful it all was just a short time ago.

Just posted my fall color project post on the color here in eastern North Carolina. The colors are amazing this year!http://ginnysgarden.blogspot.com/2011/11/for-me-landscape-does-not-exist-in-its.html

Hi Dave! Thanks for hosting this project! I posted two sets of photographs from one of the best nurseries in WA which specializes on Japanese maples. The colors are awesome!http://tanyasgarden.blogspot.com/2011/11/japanese-maples-picture-gallery.html

States and Locations in the 2011 Fall Color Project

Fall Color Project Participants!

Welcome to the Fall Color Project! Here on these pages bloggers from all over are presenting and posting the best of the fall color their region has to offer! If you would like to join in and see what the Fall Color Project is all about check out the Fall Project from 2010, 2009, or 2008.